11:709:255 Lecture Notes - Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Birth Weight, Cottage Cheese
23 May 2014
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Sparse & logically inadequate in regards to mental operations. The child is able to form stable concepts as well as magical beliefs. Once the child acquires language, s/he is able to use symbols (such as works, pictures, or even toys) to represent objects. The child is able to understand concepts like counting, classifying according to similarity, and past-present future, but generally the child is still focused primarily on the present and on the concrete, rather than the abstract. Thinking is very egocentric; the child assumes that everyone else sees things from same viewpoint as s/he does. Thinking skills (not just abcs and 123s) Beginnings of logical thinking, but still very literal. Fluid intelligence: the ability to solve novel problems & make predictions about. Cognitive abilities and relevant activities logical patterns and relationships. Pouring sand and water into containers of various sizes. Sorting objects by color, size, or shape. Ability to comprehend mathematical and numerical concepts.
